Good Growth

Good Growth is responsible for delivering and implementing the Mayor’s environment, transport and economic strategies and for the effective implementation of the London Plan. The Directorate is also responsible for regeneration (where the programme is not housing led), enterprise, growth, capital projects and design work.

About the role

The GLA Transport Team is seeking an outstanding candidate to fill a vacancy left by an internal secondment. This is a part-time role of 18.5hrs.

Working in a busy Unit, you must be able to cope with high volumes of emails, keep track of a large number of tasks and most importantly be able to assess and prioritise work confidently and quickly.  You will be relied on to manage processes on behalf of the Unit and therefore will have outstanding organisational skills and attention to detail. You will have experience in a fast paced office environment and thrive under pressure. If you’ve got experience in a political environment this would be an advantage, as you will work on sensitive matters on a daily basis.

Working closely with the Mayor’s private office, those supporting the Deputy Mayor for Transport and Transport for London, you will be part of a small team working on high profile Mayoral priorities. You will therefore understand the importance of providing excellent customer service and be driven to communicate promptly, effectively and clearly with our partners and Londoners. This is a challenging yet rewarding role in which you have the autonomy to make decisions.

What your day will look like

·       Liaising with Transport for London, including at a senior level, to ensure queries from the Mayor, his office and his advisors are dealt with effectively and in a timely manner.

·       Providing support to senior managers in the GLA by determining and coordinating briefing requests for the Mayor and relevant mayoral advisors in the transport portfolio, to ensure they are appropriately briefed before meetings

·       Managing the Mayoral correspondence allocated to the Transport team

·       leading on finance, raising purchase orders and completing goods received notices via the finance database to ensure the timely confirmation and delivery of required goods and services

·       Acting as a first point of contact for enquiries to the Unit, both internally and externally, including from senior officers and politicians, and responding promptly to requests.

·       Providing the full range of administrative support to the Unit

·       Coordinating the Unit’s contributions to transport-related Freedom of Information requests

Skills, knowledge and experience

To be considered for the role you must meet the following essential criteria:

·       A high level of competence using office information and IT applications, and practical experience of using this to provide high-quality business support, including developing processes and managing confidential information.

·       Demonstrable political judgment, with clear understanding of how working in a political environment affects day-to-day work. 

·       Sound relationship management skills, with the ability to establish and maintain relationships with external stakeholders to help deliver results, including at senior levels.

·       Ability to manage high volumes of technical information and interpret it to ensure it is appropriately prioritised and allocated, to support the smooth-running of a busy team

·       Substantial knowledge and evidence of delivering high quality customer services and proven success in applying this knowledge in a comparable high profile organisation

·       Evidence of proficiency in dealing with complex written correspondence cases

Please find the full Job Description here

How to apply

Internal recruitment

If you would like to apply for the role you’ll need to submit:

·          an online application

·          a Word statement (1,500 words) outlining how you meet the essential criteria as well as the competencies outlined in the advert.

If you have questions about the role

If you wish to talk to someone about the role, the hiring manager Amma Coleman-Green would be happy to speak to you. Please contact them at amma.coleman-green@london.gov.uk.

Assessment process

Once you have submitted an application, your details will be reviewed by a panel.

If shortlisted you’ll be invited to an interview/assessment.

The interview/assessment date is: 29 and 30 June 2026

Equality, diversity and inclusion

London's diversity is its biggest asset and we strive to ensure our workforce reflects London's diversity at all levels. We welcome applications from everyone regardless of age, gender, gender identity, gender expression, ethnicity, sexual orientation, faith or disability.

We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian and Minority ethnic candidates and disabled candidates who are currently underrepresented in our workforce.

We are committed to being an inclusive employer and we are happy to consider flexible working arrangements.

Please note we are a Disability Confident Employer so for candidates who wish to be considered under the scheme and meet the essential criteria, they be prioritised for the next stage in the process.  

If you have a disability or long-term condition (for example dyslexia, anxiety, autism, a mobility condition or hearing loss) and need us to make any reasonable adjustments, changes, or do anything differently during the recruitment process, please let us know by emailing resourcingteam@london.gov.uk (please include the role title and reference number). 

Interview adjustments will be made on a case-by-case basis, but some (non-exhaustive) examples include:   

- Providing extra time in assessments and interviews;    

- Providing questions in advance of the interview;    

- Holding interviews in different formats – such as over the phone or via a video call.  

Additional information

Please note, all candidates will need to confirm that the information provided in this application form is true and correct. Should a candidate deliberately give false information, including the use of AI software, they understand that this would disqualify them from consideration.

Secondments longer than 6 months

If you are a GLA employee applying for an internal fixed-term position, as an internal secondment opportunity, you must ensure you satisfy the following secondment policy criteria before applying. You must: 

• be on a permanent contract or a fixed term contract where the time left on the contract at the point at which you apply for secondment is longer than the secondment period;
• have successfully completed your probation period and be performing to the required standard for your current role; and
• have completed at least 18 months’ service with the GLA.

If you do meet the criteria listed above, you will need to complete the Approval for secondment application form and gain line manager approval, before emailing the fully completed form to the Resourcing Assistant who is managing the vacancy. This form must be received by the closing date of the vacancy. Failure to provide this form will mean your application cannot be progressed.

If you are unable to satisfy all of the criteria, unfortunately, you are not eligible to apply for this vacancy as an internal secondment.  For further information, please see Secondment Policy and Procedure.

IMPORTANT: If you are a current GLA employee on a fixed-term contract that is due to end BEFORE the end date of this vacancy, you DO NOT NEED to complete the Approval for secondment application form as it is not a secondment.

If you are successful in securing this secondment opportunity, you will need to be released from your existing role, so please ensure that you make your line manager aware of your application.

We may close this advert early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.